On the evening of July 1956 off the fogbound coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria was struck mid-ship by the bow of the Swedish ship Stockholm. 52 lives were lost in the disaster, and the Andrea Doria sank the next day.

SS Andrea Doria the morning after the collision with the MS Stockholm in fog off Nantucket Island. The hole in her starboard side from the c.

SS Andrea Doria - built at the Ansaldo shipyards in Genoa, Italy. She was named after the century Genoese admiral, Andrea Doria. Her launch date was June Maiden voyage from Genoa to New York was on June 14